Chapter 160: The Decisive Battle (Part 2)

The Tubo army was so powerful that the sound of hooves was like thunder, which made the ground tremble, stirring up smoke and dust. If you look out from the air, the Tubo army would be overwhelmed and rushed towards the Tang army like a tide.

In contrast to the Tubo army, the Tang army still did not make any noise. They quietly watched the Tubo army waving a scimitar and howled. To the Tang army, the Tubo army seemed to not exist.

When the Tubo army entered the Tang army's range, the Tang army, which had not been moving, finally moved. Fuyuan crossbow showed its might, and the raindrop-like arrows shot towards the Tubo army with a sharp roar. There were many people who were shot and fell off their horses.

If you want to say that the most powerful crossbow arrows in Chinese history are of course the large crossbows of the Qin Dynasty. The large crossbows of the Qin State are expensive, but their power is also extremely powerful. The arrows are as thick as the arm and nearly meter long. Not to mention the flesh and blood body, even stones will crack when encountering such crossbow arrows.

Although the power of the Fuyuan crossbow is not as powerful as that of the Qin State's large crossbow, it is not small. It is not something that the Tubo army in leather armor can withstand. Many people shoot at each other. Some Tubo soldiers were surprised to find that there was an extra transparent hole on their bodies, and then they fell down on their horses, their eyes turned black and they died.

With just one round of shooting, the Tubo soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. However, they were not afraid, no one retreated, howling and continued to charge, and they were still greeted by dense crossbow arrows.

When the Tubo soldiers rushed into the range of the Biao Zhang crossbow, the Tang army's arrows became denser and more injured Tubo soldiers were injured. Later, the horned crossbow and single crossbow were exerted together, and the arrow rain was as dense as raindrops. Not to mention humans, it was unlikely that even flies would escape from the arrows. More and more Tubo soldiers were caught in the arrows and fell in pieces.

The Tubo soldiers behind fell down and rushed up without hesitation. They stepped on their companions' bodies, and every step they took would splash a small blood flower, but no one was afraid and moved forward.

When the Tang army entered the range of the bow and arrows, the Tang army began to shoot arrows. After the arrows were fired, heavy infantry emerged and waved the sword in their hands to hit the Tubo army head-on. One after another, the surviving Tubo soldiers were split into pieces, and none of them could breathe.

In this way, the first round of offensives of the Tubo army was covered with tiles. In addition to thousands of corpses, there was endless blood on the ground.

On the other hand, the Tang army's casualties were pitifully small, with less than one hundred people. Less than twenty people died in battle, which was a miracle.

In the Battle of Doma, Cheng Xiaotian used light cavalry and had a single army. Although he used his flexible tactics to cause major damage to the Tubo army, he had a single army and no good cooperation. When Fei Junxing and Guo Qianguan arrived later, they were in a hurry to enter the battlefield, and there was no cooperation at all.

In the battle of capturing Nujiang, Geshuhan led heavy infantry to rescue. The same problem was that the troops were single and there was no cooperation, so that Jide Zuzan could withdraw.

Nowadays, the Tang army cooperates with multiple branches and cooperates well, which makes it more powerful and much greater. Therefore, the casualties of the Tubo army are surprisingly high, while the Tang army's price is pitifully small.

Although the first wave of offensives of the Tubo army collapsed, they fought bravely. Facing the dense rainy arrows of the Tang army, no one was afraid and no one retreated, which made the Tang army generals very admired.

"This is almost the same, like a man!" Fei Junxing nodded and praised.

Cheng Xiaotian commented with a smile: "It's much stronger than those soft guys yesterday! This is what the army is called! Even if you die, you have to die like a person and have a heroic spirit!"

"Master, it's time for us to attack!" Geshuhan asked.

Guo Qianguan waved his hand and said, "General Geshu, this is not the time. The Tubo people will attack. We have to wait until they have exhausted their morale before launching an attack!"

According to common sense, Guo Qianguan was right. Although the first attack of the Tubo army collapsed, their morale was still there, and they would attack immediately. Using the powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army to effectively kill and injure them, the counterattack will be much better.

Geshuhan had another opinion: "Master, the last general thought it was time for us to attack now! This is a morale battle, and we cannot lose to them.Master, look, although the Tubo people's first wave of attacks were huge, they were not afraid. On the contrary, the soldiers were energetic and motivated. We had to knock them out to let them know that our Tang army is not only good at defending, but also good at attacking!"

"Master, General Ge Shu is right!" Zhang said immediately.

Chen Wanrong saw the reaction of the Tubo army. As Geshuhan said, after the first round of failure, the momentum of the Tubo army became even better than that of the moment. It was time to defeat their morale and echoed: "Master, I also agree that we will counterattack immediately!"

"We agree!" The generals quickly agreed, each of them excitedly.

War does not necessarily have to wait until the enemy's attack is completely set before counterattacking. It is also an option to attack and attack, and this choice is more imposing.

After pondering for a moment, Guo Qianguan nodded and said, "It's so good! This time, we attacked with 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 heavy infantry. Infantry attacked the east, cavalry attacked the west, and both sides advanced, and we must defeat it!"

"Abide by the order!" The generals were so excited that their eyes shone and they couldn't stop rubbing their hands.

"Fei Junxing, Cheng Xiaotian, you two lead 4,000 cavalry to conquer the infantry. Leave 2,000 cavalry to cover the infantry." Guo Qianguan arranged.

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals immediately objected: "Master, why do you always use them? You have to give us some chance!"

"It's not that you don't need you, but that they are the two of them are the best at using cavalry to rush forward!" Guo Qianguan told the whole story.

Among the generals, Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian are the best at using cavalry, and the generals have nothing to say.

Chen Wanrong felt the blood in his blood vessels boiling and asked for his order: "Master, this is a morale battle. We must suppress them in morale. I think you need a sharp knife. Let us artillery do this!"

"Architecture? No!" Guo Qianguan raised his brow and denied it: "Architecture is the treasure of the Tang Dynasty and cannot be lost."

Chen Wanrong retorted: "Master, our artillery soldiers are from the Dragon Martial Army. They are brave and good at fighting, and each one is worth ten! At this time, it is best to use us as sharp swords."

Geshuhan and Wang Shaohua were busy echoing: "Master, what the military supervisor said makes sense, so please accept it."

The artillery was born in the Longwu Army and its combat power was better than that of other Tang troops. It was indeed very tempting if they led the rushing battle. Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian looked at Guo Qianguan very eagerly.

This is a morale battle. With the Longwu Army going to fight, the Tang army's attacks will be sharper and the effect will be better. Zhang Shuo also agreed: "Master, I think this matter is feasible."

Guo Qianguan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let the artillery brothers come on! Remember, if it is unfavorable, withdraw as soon as possible, the artillery will not bear the big losses."

"Thank you!" Chen Wanrong waved his hand and said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go!"

Guo Qianguan was shocked: "Military Supervisor, what are you going to do? You can't go!"

"I must go!" Chen Wanrong said very firmly: "I have said a long time ago that no matter how many dangers there are, I will be with my brothers! Now is the time to fulfill my promise!"

Guo Qianguan was reluctant to let go: "Military Supervisor, if you have a few shortcomings, how can I explain to the emperor?"

"The Tang Dynasty also did not stipulate that the military supervisors could not go to the battlefield!" Chen Wanrong immediately retorted: "If something unfortunate really happened, it would be my honor! Who among the soldiers is not likely to be wrapped in a horse? As long as they die on the way to kill the enemy, my family will be proud of me!"

His tone was calm, but he had an unquestionable force. Guo Qianguan was stunned for a moment, let him go, and muttered in his heart: "This military supervisor is different from other military supervisors. Other military supervisors hide far away in dangerous places, but he faces the difficulties!"

With the order, the artillery quickly dressed neatly and set up its formation. Chen Wanrong rode the blue and white porcelain, stood in front of the team, and glanced at the artillery: "Brothers: Are you artillery?"

"Yes!" The artillery did not understand what he meant and still answered loudly.

"Are you the Longwu Army?" Chen Wanrong asked again.

"yes!"

Chen Wanrong finally said: "We are both artillery soldiers and Longwu Army! We not only have good artillery shooting, but we are not inferior to any army! Do you still remember the situation when you left Chang'an? The brothers of the Longwu Army did not have the chance to go to the battlefield. They asked us to kill more enemies. Today, I will lead you to fight and fulfill your promise to the brothers of the Longwu Army! Kill all the Tubo people!"

"Kill all the Tubo people! Kill all the Tubo people!" The artillery soldiers recalled the situation when they left Chang'an, and were extremely excited.

Chen Wanrong led the artillery to the front of the formation, and saw that Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian's cavalry had already assembled and were waiting for them to come. The artillery was a temporary decision to go to battle. It would take some time for the artillery to wear and assemble.

The artillery was in the middle, with Fei Junxing's cavalry on the left and Cheng Xiaotian's cavalry on the right. Just from this formation, you can tell that the artillery was the backbone.

"Beat the drum!" Guo Qianguan waved his hand and the thunderous sound of war drums rang out.

The drum sound was the order of attack. As the drum sounded, Chen Wanrong held the bow in his left hand and the arrow in his right hand, and rushed straight towards the Tubo army. As soon as he reached the range of the shooting position, the cavalry immediately fired thousands of arrows and shot towards the Tubo army. The Tang army's bow was farther than the Tubo army's bow, and the Tubo army had only the amount of shot, without any force.

The Tubo army also had crossbow soldiers, but they had few crossbows, and the arrows shot out were incomparable to the dense rain-filled arrows of the Tang army. In addition, the Tang army was covered with iron armor, which was not as leather armor as the Tubo army. Even if they were shot on the Tang army, they would have limited killing and had no effect on the Tang army.

Seeing that the distance was almost the same, Chen Wanrong put away his bow, raised his horse spear, held it in front of his chest, and rushed forward. The Tubo army began to shoot arrows, and the arrows were like rain, but it did not cause much harm to the Tang army. Only a very small number of unlucky soldiers were caught in the arrows. The Tang army rushed up in the rain of arrows, aimed the horse spear in his hand at the Tubo soldiers and stabbed them.

Among the Tang army's equipment, there were two weapons that were very expensive, one was the Modao and the other was the horse lance. The Modao weighed dozens of kilograms, and there was not enough, so it was impossible to build a good enough steel. The horse lance took a long time to manufacture. There was a saying that the horse lance usually took more than ten years to make it well. This statement was not so credible, at least one thing was certain, that was the horse lance's cost was very high. However, it was also very powerful. Just by stabbing the horse lance, many Tubo soldiers were stabbed to the ground.

After the horse spear, there were horizontal swords raging, and the sword lights flashed continuously. The Tang army tried hard to kill, and the Tubo soldiers waved their swords to greet each other, without any fear of fighting.

However, they slashed on Tang Jun, but found the crisp sound of metal impact, and the Tang Jun slashed on them, but they were sturdy, either dead or seriously injured.

The close-killing battle lasted for only a moment, and the top was divided. The Tubo army fell in batches, but the Tang cavalry advanced bravely. The Tubo army could not resist it at all, as if they were scarecrows.

Especially the artillery offensive was even more fierce. Amid the shocking shouts of killing, when Cheng Xiaotian and his cavalry advanced five zhang, they had already reached nearly ten zhang. Wherever they passed, there was no Tubo army that could live. There were piles of corpses and endless blood on the ground, and the artillery had become a killing machine.

Time passes, life passes, and there are more and more corpses on the ground. Blood does not have time to soak in the soil, forming a blood lake, which is particularly sad and beautiful under the sunlight.

Cavalry has a natural advantage in fighting infantry, and the gap in equipment and training was not long before the Tubo army could not withstand it and could not resist retreating.

Chen Wanrong seized the opportunity and directed the artillery to attack. After a storm-like attack, the Tubo army finally collapsed. He turned around and fled.

This is a good opportunity to expand the results of the war. You don’t need any high military literacy to think that the cavalry waved the horizontal sword and chased from behind. The horizontal sword slashed the Tubo soldiers again and again at the escaped Tubo soldiers, and the Tubo soldiers fell one by one in a pool of blood.

Seeing that the infantry could not resist, Jide Zuzan hurriedly sent 10,000 imperial guards to rescue him. It was too late. By the time they arrived, the Tubo army had collapsed.

"It's actually the Tubo Imperial Army! It's so good!" Chen Wanrong was as excited as a green-headed fly to encounter stinky tofu, and led the artillery to rush up to the Imperial Army.

Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian also discovered the Tubo Imperial Army. They and Chen Wanrong thought that if they destroyed a Tubo Imperial Army now, it would be of great benefit to the morale improvement. The two of them thought that they would no longer pursue the Tubo infantry and rushed over from behind with their cavalry.

If you look out from the air, you will see the Tubo imperial guards holding spears and colliding with the Tang Dynasty cavalry holding horse lances. Then people will be on their backs and overturned, and there will be countless people who fall off their horses.

Both sides were wearing iron armor and had good protection capabilities. If arrows were fired, they would not be very harmful. Cheng Xiaotian had personally experienced this at the city of Doma. Therefore, the two armies had achieved tacit understanding. Neither of them shot arrows, and they directly used a horse spear to face the spear, as if two mountains collided together.

The artillery was born in the Longwu Army. Not only was it tall and powerful, but it was also because of its agility. It also collided with the Tubo army with a horse spear, but the result was completely different from the other two Tang troops, because before the Tubo spear stabbed them, it flexibly ran away. However, the horse spear in their hands stabbed the Tubo imperial guards like a poisonous snake to protect the most fragile neck. Any Tubo imperial guards who stabbed the artillery and horse spear would definitely be killed.

In this round of collision alone, the artillery soldiers stabbed hundreds of imperial guards, but the price they paid was pitifully small, with only about twenty people falling off the horse.

Among these twenty people, Chen Wanrong. Since Chen Wanrong entered the army, he has trained very hard, but the time is too short, so he can't compare to the real Dragon Martial Army. Chen Wanrong's horse spear in his hand pierced a tall Tubo imperial guard, but he also stabbed the imperial guard with a spear.

Chen Wanrong hit the ground hard, and his butt hurt, so he didn't care. He was busy inspecting it. Fortunately, the spear was stabbed on the heart protection mirror. The strongest protection ability of the Mingguang Armor is the heart mouth and vest. With a heart protection mirror here, the Tubo imperial guards actually stabbed the heart, which was incomparable to him.

"Don't he knows that the heart protection mirror cannot be pierced?" Chen Wanrong murmured in secret, busy picking up the horse spear, flying on the horse, pulling out the saber, and starting to slash.

Chen Wanrong fell off his horse and had already alarmed Ge Shuhan, who was not far from him. Seeing that he was getting on the horse again, he felt relieved.

Not only are artillery lances better than the spears of the imperial guards, but they are better than those of the imperial guards even when they are chopped and killed. As the sword flew, the imperial guards were all dismantled one after another. Wherever the artillery went, the imperial guards would definitely be empty, and it was difficult for anyone to be enemies with them.

Seeing all this, Jide Zuzan couldn't help but frown. The Tubo generals beside him looked at the artillery in surprise. One general said quickly: "This is the Longwu Army! It is the Tang people's Longwu Army!"

"That's right! This is the Dragon Martial Army!" Jide Zuzan nodded in agreement with his statement: "Only the Dragon Martial Army of the Tang people has such combat power! Not only is it tall, it has very good skills, and is also equipped with precious Mingguang Armor. Only the Dragon Martial Army has such conditions!"

Mingguang armor is very useful, but because it is difficult to manufacture, only very special troops will be equipped. In addition, only officers and generals can have Mingguang armor. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty conquered Goryeo, and two of the four cavalry units were equipped with Mingguang armor, which made the Koreans suffer a lot.

"Zanpu, the Dragon Martial Army of the Tang Army is very precious and should be eaten!" A general suggested.

Although the number of artillery soldiers was not large, their combat power was extraordinary. The Tubo imperial guards were already the most elite army in Tubo, but they still had no strength to fight back when they encountered artillery soldiers. Wherever the artillery went, the imperial guards were killed and injured.

The iron armor has good protection ability, not without weaknesses, the neck, arms, legs and horses are all its weaknesses. The artillery soldiers are all warriors with thousands of choices, and even better than the Dragon Martial Army held by Ge Fushun. If you only look for these weaknesses, the Tubo army can resist it.

Although the artillery's war horses do not have the ability to protect themselves, because the artillery is smart and specializes in finding the weaknesses of the imperial guards, it is impossible for the imperial guards to "shoot people first".

By the way, by the Tang Dynasty, heavy cavalry no longer existed. Heavy cavalry was once glorious in Chinese history. Since the Tang Dynasty, heavy cavalry was not formed again. They were all light cavalry. I won’t say much about the reason here.

If the artillery was eaten, it would be a big blow to the morale of the Tang army. Ji De Zuzan agreed with this proposal. Before he could speak, he was surprised to find a familiar figure riding a green horse and rushing to death. He couldn't help but be very excited: "The order: transfer another ten thousand imperial guards up! Capture the green horse rider alive for me! You must live!"

Although the generals did not understand what his intention was, they still carried out his orders. Ten thousand Tubo imperial guards drove out of the military camp and went straight to Chen Wanrong's artillery.
Chapter completed!